Taming of the Shrew Practice Test

At the end, Kate’s arc centers on her public acceptance of wifely obedience and Petruchio’s authority, which brings the play’s comic conflict to a resolution within its social world. Her final stance shows her choosing to align with her husband’s will rather than continuing to resist or claim independence. That makes the description of her as obeying her husband and no longer embodying feminist resistance the most fitting summary of her concluding portrayal.

The other possibilities don’t fit the ending: she doesn’t maintain fierce independence in the final moments, she doesn’t depart from Petruchio, and she isn’t portrayed as silent. Instead, her obedience is the culminating act that closes the relationship arc and reinforces the social order the play presents.